It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. This fits my life perfectly.
I was a boy from a very simple and middle-income family. My father was a government department officer.
At that time, the salaries of state officials used to be very modest.
Along with this, my father was a very honest person. He had no source of income other than his salary.
With this income, he was taking care of me and my siblings and our education.
For some reason, my mother's health condition was also not good.
All of us brothers and sisters never got any pocket money. Everyone is instructed that they will go straight from home to their college and come back directly home.
If anyone is found indulging in any other activity, then he will get the punishment of their father.
Because of this fear, we brothers and sisters used to concentrate only on our studies. I was in eleventh grade at the time. I was about 15 years old.
Some students in my class used to come out of the college during the mid-day break, buy some items, etc., eat, and show us the pride of their wealth.
The father's money was spent on the treatment of our mother's illness also. That's why no brother or sister ever opposes anything the father does, Nor did anyone ever ask him for money for his personal expenses.
Life was going on like this. One day in college, some of my friends made a plan to watch a movie by collecting money among themselves.
They asked me too to watch the movie , but I did not have the money.
In all these friends, I had a special friend. He said that it doesn't matter, I will give you money from your side, but you must also go to see the movie.
I agreed to this, then we watched the movie together and went back to our respective homes.
After this incident, I was feeling very ashamed that I was not capable enough that I had to take the help of my friend to watch a movie.
This thing kept pricking my heart and mind to the core. For many days, I could not sleep properly at night.
I only started thinking day and night about how I should do some such work so that I have some money in my pocket and I do not have to look to my friends for help.
Many days passed in this thinking, and on one day, I was standing near my friend's father.
who was a contractor for the electricity department and used to get the work of the electricity department done by his employees.
I saw that he was taking some accounts from his employees, and the employees were telling him who distributed how many bills.
All the employees were getting money according to their bill distribution number.
Seeing all this, I asked my friend's father what it was all about. Can I do this work too?
My friend's father explained, "My dear child, you are very young now. You have to work very hard at this work. "
I told him"No problem, sir., I will work hard, but I need money for my pocket expences .".
Give me a chance and see. I will not disappoint you. What should I do? Please tell me.
He told me that in some nearby and distant villages, we distribute electricity bills to the consumers there.
For this, the electricity department gives us some money.
We distribute that money to all of them according to their work. But to do this work, you will have to get the permission of your father.
I knew my father would never allow me. I told him, sir, I wanted a chance. After a few days, I will also give you my father's permission to stay.
My friend's father told me, "Okay, you get one month's time." If you work this month, but if your father does not give permission, then I will not be able to do it further.
I became happy, and I took approximately 5000 bills from him to distribute.
My college timings were from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. After finishing college,
I went on my cycle every day and started distributing 300 bills by cycling for 2 to 3 hours every day.
in this way, I distributed all the bills in about 20 days.
I was paid $50 for this work. It was my first paycheck, and $50 was a lot of money back then.
I went to my father with this money and told him the truth.
My father was very angry at first and then said that there was no harm in working hard.
He gave me permission with the condition that you do not do this work for more than 3 hours a day or else it will affect your studies.
Hearing this, my spirits doubled. My father also gave me that amount, telling me that it was my hard-earned money, and that I should spend it wisely.
In this way, on the basis of my hard work, I got the permission of my father, and after doing this work harder,
I started spending my near and dears from my own income. Keeping in mind the advice given by my father, I used to take full care of my studies as well.
If a man has courage and faith, he can do anything.
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